First US relief airlift heads to Myanmar (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:22:56 GMT
AP - The U.S. launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country's isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims.

Clinton outwardly confident, even as hopes dim (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:23:25 GMT
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton was just warming up the crowd in a cramped and muggy middle school gymnasium when she switched her pronouns.

Chinese state media: Major quake kills 4 students (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:40:33 GMT
AP - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous western China on Monday, toppling a primary school and killing four students, Chinese state media reported.

Tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town might not rebuild (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:41:30 GMT
AP - Sue Sigle was hoping the government would offer more money for her home before she moves away from this pollution-scarred town. Then the tornado came.

Families will make case for vaccine link to autism (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:26:06 GMT
AP - The Institute of Medicine said in 2004 there was no credible evidence to show that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal led to autism in children. But thousands of families have a different take based on personal experience.

Jury selection to start in R. Kelly's trial (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:28:49 GMT
AP - Attorneys in R&B superstar R. Kelly's child pornography trial are expected to begin questioning 150 potential jurors on Monday and it's unlikely any of his fans will be chosen to hear the allegations against one of urban music's biggest stars.

Army Corps says Condition of many levees a mystery (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:05:27 GMT
AP - Across America, earthen flood levees protect big cities and small towns, wealthy suburbs and rich farmland. But the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that oversees levees, lacks an inventory of thousands of them and has no idea of their condition, the corps' chief levee expert told The Associated Press.

AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:57:23 GMT
AP - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.

'Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites' winner crowned (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 04:13:58 GMT
AP - Parvati Shallow was the last woman standing on "Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites."

Tim Duncan scores 22 as Spurs beat Hornets 100-80 (AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 04:50:29 GMT
AP - Tim Duncan had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets 100-80 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinals at 2-2.